Dear Friends,
I’ve been wanting to share this news for some time. For various reasons I held off but I think now is the right time. Before you continue be assured that I am now fine and things are all good. You may (probably not) have noticed my lack of stuff being posted on my website, social media etc. Here’s why…
Lisa will be performing alongside Irish Folk luminaries Mary MacPartlan, Rionach Connolly and fiddle player/multi-instrumentalist Gerry Diver on March 16 at King’s Place for an extraordinary play-with-music retelling of the story of Irish street singing legend Margaret Barry in She Moved Through the Fair by Colin Irwin.
Norma Waterson likened her to Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf; Bob Dylan said she was his favourite folk singer; and Van Morrison called her ‘a real soul singer’…Margaret Barry was extraordinary….
Don’t You Go A Rushing is a song from Lisa’s latest album Till April Is Dead. This live version was recorded at Stick In The Wheels’ previous album launch and has been set about in the cutting room by SITWs very own EAN KRAYTER (Ian Carter). Snipped, chopped and throughly shot through with electronic, dub and dance overtones its come out the other end an expressionist wonder! We love it here! Read more…
One of the live sessions Lisa recorded some moons ago got another spin this week on BBC6 Music’s Gideon Co’s show..
Listen again here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00014r9
Lisa plays her final full length SOLO gig of 2018 at Camden’s Green Note, London. Featuring material from her Till April Is Dead Album and some brand new pieces picked up along her adventures this year with a dollop of festive folk thrown in. Tickets..http://www.greennote.co.uk/production/lisa-knapp/
